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Name: muhaha
Date: March 23, 2006 at 19:07:22 Pacific
OS: XP SP2
CPU/Ram: 1GB
Product: Asus z71v
Comment:

Hello, I have a new usb hard drive connected to my laptop. How do I set it up? I want to run something like fdisk so that I can partition it and format it. I looked in admin tools and disk managment but my usb drive does not show up in the window. Any ideas? Thanks.



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Response Number 1
Name: XpUser
Date: March 23, 2006 at 20:11:52 Pacific
Reply:

Read the manual.

i_XpUser


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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: March 24, 2006 at 03:26:38 Pacific
Reply:

Does it show in device mgr?


If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2


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Response Number 3
Name: StuartS
Date: March 24, 2006 at 07:35:00 Pacific
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fdisk is a DOS/Windows 95/98/ME utility and should not be used with Windows XP. Use the partition and formating software built into Windows XP

Admin Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management.

Stuart


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Response Number 4
Name: fitzov
Date: March 24, 2006 at 10:55:30 Pacific
Reply:

Send it to me, I'll format it for you.


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Response Number 5
Name: muhaha
Date: March 24, 2006 at 15:44:48 Pacific
Reply:

I cant see it in device manager... Please help


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Response Number 6
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: March 24, 2006 at 17:09:28 Pacific
Reply:

Try booting without the drive connected.

After XP is fully booted, plug in the drive.


More power, Mr. Scott!

M2Go



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Response Number 7
Name: muhaha
Date: March 24, 2006 at 17:45:31 Pacific
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Okay I fixed it thanks.


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